Johnson to announce Viet Nam policy at 12:30 news conference
President Johnson plans a 12:30 p.m. EDT White House news conference in the East Room to report on conclusions from a final round of Viet Nam policy talks. He has held top level meetings with cabinet, the NSC, congressional leaders, and bipartisan delegations to push new policies after McNamara's South Viet Nam mission.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Two North Viet Nam missile sites bombed by U S jets
Air Force jets attacked two antiaircraft missile sites about 40 miles northwest of Hanoi. One site was destroyed and the other damaged as 46 planes pursued targets amid reports of downed fighters and pilots captured or bailing out. Soviet involvement suspected as missiles described as Soviet-made.
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Heath Elected Tory Leader in UK Race for Prime Minister
Edward Heath, 49, won the Conservative leadership with 150 votes to 133 for Reginald Maudling and 15 for Enoch Powell on the first ballot. Powell and Maudling withdrew, pledging support, as Heath’s margin exceeded the threshold after rule changes. The result was announced in the Conservative committee room in the House of Commons.
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Horatio Alger Story
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Enoch Powell
Alec Douglas-Home
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Gardner Selected To Succeed Celebrezze As Welfare Chief
President Johnson named John W. Gardner a Republican to replace retiring Anthony J. Celebrezze as Secretary of Welfare. Gardner, longtime Carnegie Corp. president, was praised as an explorer in search of excellence. Celebrezze to Ohio’s 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after resigning as Cabinet member.
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Johnson
John W. Gardner
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Celebrezze
White House
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U.S
Carnegie Corp
Philanthro
Ohio
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Lester L.cecil
John F. Kennedy
House Approves Medicare Measure With Senate Vote Expected
The House approved the Medicare expansion 307 to 116 sending the bill to the Senate which prepared for quick action. The measure, a top Johnson administration priority, would extend hospitalization and related services to Americans 65 and older at low cost and raise benefits by seven percent retroactive to January 1 under existing Social Security programs.
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Senate
Washington
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Johnson
Bank Robbery Arrest Ten Minutes After HoldUp
A lone bandit robbed the Petersburg Pike Bank of Virginia branch about 1:30 p.m. taking $1,134 from teller Lucille Battorff after signaling a gun. Police stopped a car on the Richmond Petersburg Turnpike 10 minutes later and arrested driver Lawrence Vincent Berry of Chesapeake, who was charged with bank robbery.
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Johnson Urges Disarmament Conference To Block Spread Of Nuclear Weapons
In Geneva the 17 nation disarmament meeting opened with President Johnson urging action to halt the spread of nuclear arms and broaden the test ban. Foster and Tsarapin blamed each side for obstruction as they clashed over Viet Nam and other hotspots, signaling little accord beyond rejecting wider arms races.
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William C. Foster
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Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
Viet Nam
Congo
Latin America
No Stocks Today Dee to Wire Trouble Crowds Market
Storm conditions disrupted stock quotations with chaotic printing. The edition notes that quotations are printed in this edition and will be corrected in the next issue. No stocks could be confidently reported due to the weather interruption.
New Zealand mother delivers five quints at once
Mrs. D W Lawson, 26, gave birth to a boy and four girls in Auckland's National Women's Hospital. The quintuplets, reportedly all healthy, were placed in incubators while the mother recovers. The babies weighed from 3 pounds 3 ounces to 4 pounds 3 ounces. one sibling already has a daughter. The birth marks the fourth surviving quintuplet set known, with ties to the Dionnes and later quintuplets born in 1963.
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New Zealand
D. W. Lawson
Lawson
National Women’s Hospital
Hilda Menzies
Fletcher Christian
R. A. Warren
Lawsons
Dionnes
Emilie
Canada
Oliva Dionne
Johnson Signs Labeling Bill
Johnson signed a labeling law requiring cigarette packages to carry the warning "Caution. Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health." The White House announced the signing by press secretary Bill Moyers. The bill bars state and local health warnings and delays FTC actions on advertising warnings until July 1, 1969.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Federal Trade Commission
Six Inmates Escape Jail To Stage Burglaries
BELLEFONTE Pa AP six prisoners slipped out of jail after 1 a.m and staged burglaries returning to cells before morning roll call Sheriff Richard V Waite said Tuesday The burglaries targeted the county home for the aged and the county treasurer s office in Bellefonte and included Lock Haven jail involvement The loot was mainly cash Police noted an ingenious wiring method to keep doors latched and a string used to lift latches around 1 a.m The county jail had housed inmates at Lock Haven after a prior fire until the new jail opened July 1 See PRISONERS Page Two.
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Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Waite
Lock Haven
Clinton County
Victor Bell
Humphrey alters Viet Nam speech before Governors meet
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey delivered a toned down Viet Nam policy speech to the National Conference of Governors in Minneapolis. The draft included stronger language about how decisions touch American families and the risk of Communist subversion, but he later modified wording citing potential misinterpretation.
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Southeast Asia
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National Conference of Governors
Washington
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White House
Congress Sends Housing Measure To President
The House passed a 7.5 billion housing bill sending it to President Johnson. It creates rent grants for low income families the elderly the disabled and disaster victims. The plan authorizes 350 million over four years to fund about 375000 apartments and requires families to pay 25 percent of income toward rent.
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Senate
Father And Four Children Killed In Indiana Crash
MARKLE Ind AP a motorist and his four children were killed in a two car crash at the intersection of Ind 116 and 303 near Markle about 3 miles east. William Caley Rt 1 Markle died. The children's names were not yet available. Mrs Caley was in critical condition at Wells County Hospital Bluffton. The other driver Marvin Shoop Rt 5 Huntington was listed in critical condition at Bluffton Clinic. Police noted Casey's father was killed in a five death crash at the same intersection five years ago.
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Fort Wayne
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Wells County Hospital
Bluffton
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Huntington
Bluffton Clinic
Casey
Generals Call for Hard-Hitting Action in Viet Nam
New York AP twelve year mark of Korean armistice prompts retired U S generals to urge strong measures in Viet Nam. Gen Edward Almond supports use of atomic bombs if needed to protect troops while Gen Mark Clark favors escalation and warns of outside Communist influence. All three favor bombing Hanoi and Haiphong with qualifications. Gen Ridgway declines detail but backs unified command.
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Viet Nam
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Mark W. Clark
John E. Hull
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Hanoi
Hai Phong
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ments
Associated Press
Almond
Germany
Weather Outlook For Virginia And North Carolina
Partly to mostly cloudy in Virginia with scattered afternoon and evening thunder on Wednesday and Thursday. Highs mainly in the 80s, lows in 60s west and low 70s east. North Carolina shows varied cloudiness with 50 to 60 percent showers and thundershowers, strongest in the afternoon and evening, highs mid 70s to mid 80s, humidity easing slightly in north and west.
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